Wall bed



June 23, 1925.

B. L. JONES WALL BED Filed Dec. 19. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Wax;

INVENTOR. fiurrefl L. domes ATTORNEY June 23, 1925.

B. L. JONES WALL BED Filed Dec. 19, 1922 25 Sheets-Shret 2 1 INVENTOR. 51/ rre// L. Jones "Wa -M ATTORNEY Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENTIOFFICE.

WALL BED.

Application filed December 19, 1922. Serial No. 607,813.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, BURIZELL L. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The subject matter of this application is parent to my co-pending divisional applications for wall bed structures, filed September 29th, 1923, Serial Number 665,555 and mattress clamps, filed the same date, Serial Number 665,556.

This invention relates to folding or wall beds, and more especially to a bed of this type, which when raised, will occupy a minimum space and present to view none of the counterbalancing-mechanism.

The objects of the invention are, to provide a simple and neat bed-structure in which any standard set of bed-springs may form the springs thereof; to provide but a few parts adapted to be attached to the said springs to form the complete bed-springs; to provide the foot-frame of the bed with but a single link to each leg thereof to accomplish the folding of the said frame on the bed; to provide the bed with a mattress clamp that will hold the mattress when the bed-is in an upright position and bind the same against a solid resistance; to adapt the head-legs of the bed to house the counterbalancing-springs and conceal them from view when the bed occupies its raised position; and to avoid the present common use of a cross-bar across the width of the bed to support the counterbalancing-springs.

In addition to the above broader features of the invention, there are certain details of design, whereby compactness, simplicity and durability of structure, as well as positiveness and ease of operation are attained, and which are shown on the accompanying three sheets of drawings and will be set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the bed-structure in its upright position, showing the underside of the bed-springs and also the headlegs concealing the counterbalancing-springs from view.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same from the side.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bed-structure in its lowered. or horizontal position on 'front and side of the bed.

the eounterbalancing-springs housed in a head-leg of the bed, the springs being in maximum tension.

Fig. 5 is a similar view, the bed being swung to its upright position and showing the position the springs assume and which are now in minimum tension.

Fig. 6 is a detail of construction, viewed from the line A-A of Fig. 3, showing't-he connection of the counterbalancing-springs to a side-rail of the bed.

Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of the bed in its lowered position, showing principally the means for clamping the mattress.

Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation along the line BB of Fig. 7, showing the clamp binding the mattress against a solid resistance, the angle-iron of the bed-springs. I

Fig. 9 is a detail in plan at the region of line C of Fig. 8, showing the locking means for locking the foot-frame of the bed in its lowered position against movement.

Fig. 10 shows the combined head-leg and housing adapted for securement to a Wall, or swinging door or panel.

Referring to the drawings and the figures there0f:-The bed-spring of the bed is composed of the customary side-rails 1 secured to the end bars 2, to which is stretched and supported the woven-Wire springs 3. Upon the latter rests the common stufi'ed or upholstered mattress 5.

The head-legs 13 of the bed are'of channel form and have a base 24 adapted for securement to the floor. The side-rails 1 of the bed are seemed to saddles'l t. which are provided with trunnions 15, hearing in rounded notches 16 in the tops.of the legs 13. The rails and saddles oscillate in said notches as the bed'is turned up or down.

The bed is counterbalanced by springs 17 These springs are pivoted at their lower ends by bolts 18 within the channels of the legs, and at their upper'ends by saddles 19 secured to the side-rails 1. Thus when the bed :is turned up, the springs 17 are completely housed within the legs 13 and concealed from view thereby, both from the In Fig. 3, 4 represents the path the end bar 2 travels as the bed is turned to its upright position about the trunnions 15, and 4 is a shoulderedstop for the said bar.

30 is an angle clip secured to; bar 2 for supporting thehead-board 31-, wl'iich'latter serves as a stop for the mattress 5.-

To the angle-iron bar-2st the foot of; thebedspring and at each end thereof, is secured a walled-bracket 20, which is adapted to support the foot-frame of the bed, and thc mattress-clamping means, and also the means for, locking the foot-frame in a V81 ticalposition when the bed is-lowered.

Across the bracket and, shown clearly; in- Fig-9,1 extends-a locking bolt 21 projecting Olll'ffI'OlI'l each side thereof, and having the. endofits shank connected bya wire or cord 22 with the similar shank on the opposite sid'eof the bed. A spring-23houscdhetareen the walls oft-he bracket surrounds the shankof the bolt and projects the latter, in which position itengages the adjacent bed rail ofthe foot franre as at 32,- and l'ocks'the bed against fn'rtherup or downmovemenn'in conjunction with the half roun'd notch- 33' in the bracket whichserves as stop-rest for the said rail: A side pulllon the wire-22 retracts both. bolts and frees the bed, which may then-be-opera-ted Ateach side of" the foot-frame of the bed is a link25, pivoted and supported in a bearing 26 on the bracket 20, shown more particularly in Fig; 3- The link at its other-endis pivotally; engaged twitlrthe foot-leg; 27' oi the said foot-frameasfindicated at 28: By this construction, the foot frame'o'f the hed is swungjby-the link toa position against the mattress and 'parallelithereto, as shown in Fig: 2:

W'hen the bed is in its-horizontal position the mattress 5;in ay simply lie upon the woven wire 3', butwhenthebediis-to be swungto its upright position, the nattress 5 is locked; by a clamp-bar- 6 whi'cl'1 binds it against the end" baror angle iron 2 of the frameof the; woven wire member 3, thus aiiording a-solidi resistance against which the mattress is clamped, that will prevent slippingot the mattress even when itbeco-mesmatted and old. The barfiissecnredby arms 7, pivoted at 8 to; a wall f the bracket QO-ateachside of the bed. The endiof the arm Tabout the pivot 8 is provided with fineteeth- 10 adapted to be engaged'by-a pawl-1i, wherewhen the bar is pushed'd'own against. the mattress it will engage a tooth andclan' p firmly in whatever positionit reaches, The toothflfZ nearest the arm 7 faces both ways so that by whirling the pawl over on the otherside of the perpendicular center line 35, it will engage the forward side of said tooth and hold the ban 6. im its out-of-thewayposition 'asshownin dottedlines in Fig; 8;

The foot 24 of the channelled leg 13, may if desired, be secured to the floor, but if the bed. is to be attached to a wall or door, or swinging panel, as at 34 Fig. 10, the foot may be-e xten'ded and secured to said door in any convenient manner, as by an up,- tnrned extension ofthe foot as shown.

VVhil'e; the drawings ill'u'stra'tei an embodin'ientofthe invention, it is to be understood that inadapting the same'to meet difierent conditions and requirements, various changesinform, proportionand minor de tails of-"construc tion may be resortcdQ to without departing from the mature-of the invention; and spirit of theclai nsa What-I claiimas new-and desire to secure: by. Letters Patent; ofvtlie' United Statesis the following? i 1. In a wall-bed structure, a pair, of-legs of channel fornr having trunnionbearings on. the extreme top thereof for'supportingone end of thelded when thelatter" isi'n' a horizontal position, and for-supporting the entire bed when the same isin an; upright position, eachi ofsaid le s adapted to support andhouse a pair o-fts'prings', one end of the springs being fixed to the bed inadvance of saidbearings'and the opposed end of the springs being; secured to the lower end, of, said legs, the channels of the-legs adapted-to-concealthe springs from view when the bed isin an uprightposition, the said trunnion bearings being; substantially flush with the top-surface of the bed side rails when the bed/is in a horizontal position, and the bot-tom surfac'e' o-f'said" side rails being substantially flush \viththe front, face; ofthe channel} legs when thebed is in an upright position.-

2. In a-wali-bed; cross-section and cmmt'erhatancing springshoused in said channels, 'thesa-itl channels obscuring the springs from-view when the bed is in rai'sedposition,-*saidi spr-ings'being dispos'edin'pairs and 'pi'votall'y. eormected' at their lower ends-to said legs at-ftheir upper ends to saddles'onthe side rails of the bed; the said saddles comprising bars adapted to overlie the side rails and project outwardly therefrom to connectthe springs on opposite sides of, the siderails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BURRELL' JON ES.

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